Registered charity · Lancaster
Lancaster and District Festival Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £116k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Julie BellChair
- Anthony John DurcanTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Beth Hannah DaleyTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Gurmit SinghTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Oliver LangmeadTrustee · since 2023
- Emma Rose CrightonTrustee · since 2020
- Ian PlaceTrustee · since 2025
- Jacob HopeTrustee
- Madelief MathesonTrustee · since 2025
- Natalie Sorrel CharlesworthTrustee · since 2015
- Samantha Scarff-HurstTrustee · since 2025
- William John Gallienne SwainsonTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Cumbria, Lancashire
- Website
- www.litfest.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Lancaster and District Festival Limited
- Registered
- 1981
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£116k£111k
- 2024£101k£111k
- 2023£81k£87k
Earlier years
- 2022£74k£75k
- 2021£57k£45k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, ESTABLISHMENT AD PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS, FESITVALS AND PRODUCTIONS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).
Grants received
2 grants · £19,820 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £19,820 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Julie Bell Chair
- Anthony John Durcan since 2023
- Dr Beth Hannah Daley since 2023
- Dr Gurmit Singh since 2023
- Dr Oliver Langmead since 2023
- Emma Rose Crighton since 2020
- Ian Place since 2025
- Jacob Hope
- Madelief Matheson since 2025
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth since 2015
- Samantha Scarff-Hurst since 2025
- William John Gallienne Swainson since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Rose Crighton since 2020
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth since 2015
- William John Gallienne Swainson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Julie Bell Chair
- Dr Beth Hannah Daley since 2023
- Dr Gurmit Singh since 2023
- Dr Oliver Langmead since 2023
- Emma Rose Crighton since 2020
- Ian Place since 2025
- Jacob Hope
- Madelief Matheson since 2025
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth since 2015
- Samantha Scarff-Hurst since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Anthony John Durcan since 2023
- William John Gallienne Swainson since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 510670
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 APRIL 1980
- Companies House
- Company number 01494221 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01524 509005 · thechair@litfest.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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